Well, many people have said it before, but you have all my wishes for a quick & complete recovery, Patrick.
If there is anything I (and many other Slackware users in France) can do, please let us know.
I know that you don't need money right now but, especially if you have to go to a hospital for a long treatment, having a support fund could be helpful... And I know that I, and many others, would be very happy to contribute.
The FCC announces that all computer equipment sold in the USA must now incorporate CCC (Complete Control over Content) technology.
CCC is, by the most incredible coincidence, almost equivalent to Microsoft/Intel Palladium specifications.
Early Feb. 2005:
Dell, IBM, HPaq and most other computer manufacturers quickly announce their support for the initative and the tech industry goes into an orgy of upgrading. All machines not incorporating CCC are then outlawed and/or barred from connecting to the Internet.
Dec. 2005:
FCC, in its capacity as Internet regulators, introduces the "Great Homeland Firewall", which bars USA citizens from connecting to foreign sites deeemed dangerous and/or terrorist. Some people note that Democratic blogs also appear to be rejected by the FCC Firewall.
Liberal cries about "freedom of the press" and "right of information" are promptly dismissed by Fox News and Republican lawmakers as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic".
In 2008, after successfully repelling the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, President George W Bush is triumphantly re-elected as President for a 3rd term.
Please note three things real quick before screaming:
Patrick Volkerding has been wondering about Gnome since version 1.4... So far, he hasn't taken a decision yet...
The same empty rumors have been circulating about KDE... KDE is still in Slackware...
This rumor comes from Dropline Gnome (a site that provides the latest version of Gnome for Slackware), and is attributed to someone who is totally unkown on their site/forum.
All in all, this is not a final decision, it's just a rumor. As long as Patrick Volkerding has not removed Gnome and annouced it either on the Slackware website or in the ChangeLog, I won't believe it...
And this was typed on a Slackware 10 machine running XFCE... Which, IMHO, is so much better than Gnome...;-)
Basically, Quantum Technology products are touch sensitive tablets that connect to a computer and allow a person with vision problems to scan a raised map or a document with braille information, press an area and obtain information.
It is (was) very innovative, in the sense that it provided up to three levels of information, a rather good speech synthesis, and the documents could be done quickly and cheaply, using the utilities provided with the Nomad.
Disclaimer: I worked as a volunteer a long time ago (1992-1993 -- more than 10 years ago!), to translate some of the software into european languages... their software probably has changed since then.
Internet2 is fast -- Abilene, a U.S. cross-country backbone network, blasts data at 10Gbps. But transoceanic networking is another story. There are hardware and software issues to overcome, Gray said.
For example, one limiting factor is that the fastest available interface for PCs is the PCIX64 Bus Isolation Extender, which can only handle 7.5Gbps.
So... Let me get this straight... The problem these guys have is that they are using PC to connect to, and send data on, Internet2?
I remember a time when "serious" CS researchers would not touch a PC with a ten-feet pole. Times have changed, indeed.
Either Microsoft opens up its codecs and makes them available for free software players. There is (IMHO) a small chance that Microsoft will actually do this, since the alternative could be another 'monopoly'-type lawsuit.
Or the OSS community politely reminds the big corporations that it cannot be ignored anymore, and organizes either a boycott or creates an equivalent of these codecs. Or both (a boycott AND an equivalent).
All in all, I think this may be more of an annoyance than a real problem. But I'd be interested in the opinion of other/. readers.
... is that Abiword is slow on my machine, which is reasonably powered (Pentium III 800MHz, 384MB of RAM).
I spend most of my days writing for a living, and I need something that is fast. One of the reasons WordPerfect 5.1 is still one of my favourite program of all time is its sheer speed.
Up until then, I used Ted, which is a very nice little program, but I am more and more annoyed by its shortcomings (no 'undo'? I mean, come on!).
Anyway... I recently upgraded my machine to Slackware 10, and I'll give Abiword another try.
Which is actually a good 'Ask Slashdot' question: what do you use for word processing and desktop publishing? Again, I need something fast and stable, with a reasonable feature set. Cute GUI and eye candy and even anti-aliased fonts are optional.
I think it was Ford, or another big car company, who sold a car called the 'nova' on the North and Latin American markets.
In English, 'nova' reffered to the exploding star, of course, not a very good name, but it still passed.
In Spanish, 'no va' actually means 'does not work' or 'does not move'.
The big company never understood why the car was not selling over in Latin America, until one spanish-speaking employee actually informed the top management.
The car name, unsurprisingly, has been changed.
Same reason why Nike does not sell a lot of shoes in Arabic-speaking countries. In English, 'Nike' refers to the Greek goddess of victory. In Arabic, 'Nike' (almost the same word) means f*king.
And I could go on... Don't you just love making fun of big multinational companies? =)
I don't watch TV much these days: mostly BBC World for news and a few cable channels that broacast things like "Six Feet Under" or documentaries. That's it. It's probably a couple of hours a week, tops.
Most of the news and entertainment that I like, I obtain through the Internet, and it's been like that for several years.
So, am I worried about media consolidation? No. Am I worried about Internet censorship and Internet Provider consolidation? Yes. Actually a lot more worried.
SFU is, basically, OpenBSD programs adapted to run on Windows.
SFU 64 bit support is probably coming from OpenBSD recent port to AMD64.
Macintosh OS X is, basically, lots of programs from NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenBSD programs adapted around a Mach micro-kernel, with a (very) pretty GUI on top.
Conclusion? Microsoft is aping Apple. Again. And, again, they will probably make a very inferior imitation of the original thing.
And, again, they will probably market it to death and succeed, making piles and piles of cash in the meantime. Nothing new under the sun. *sigh*
There is only one other project like this that I have heard of. It's in France, and its the Usine de la Rance.
The Usine Maremotice de la Rance is based on the French equivalent of the St Lawrence Bay. This is a place where the tide amplitude is one of the highest in the world.
At low tide, the sea truly is miles away from the shore. I have been there, and it's amazing how far away the ocean can go... and how fast it can come back. Saint Malo, the nearest city, was actually (a few centuries ago) an island at high tide, and people had to wait for the low tides to cross over the sand to the city.
The 'Usine' itself has been pretty successful, and provides 'clean', tide-based electricity to Saint Malo and other cities, but its ecological impact has been underestimated: the Rance, which used to be a clean river is now severely clogged with mud and silt that are not evacuated by the tide, to the detriment of wildlife. Many bird and fish species have left the river for others or have died off completely.
I hope the company that will build the New York project has taken this data into account for its project (which seems to be the case).
Would you like a more detailed answer? Here we go:
Yesterday was the time trials, and the US Postal team finished first with an average speed of 33 MPH, 53 KPH. That's amazing... and they'll keep doing it
Question: have you ever heard of the doping practices in the cycling world? Hint: they are all on drugs.
At least the tour isn't fake, and everyone is at the same level, going for the same goal.
The 'Tour' isn't fake. Riiiiiiiiight. I suppose you also believe that WWF fights aren't staged?
And, oh, the fact that Lance Armstrong had testicular cancer has nothing to do with doping, EPO, and some other nasty drugs, right? Or has this little, er... 'doping possibility' been unreported by US Media, like many other things?
Jeopardy may, or may not, be fake. I don't care one way or another, as I hate stupid TV games.
But to call the 'Tour de France' not fake is so wrong it's not even funny anymore.
if microsoft is TRULY interested in improving the security of their OS (as they say they are), then they will infact look into other options...
Well, yes, they could do that.
In fact, it would be a great idea for Microsoft: actively supporting The Mozilla Foundation would give them some fantastic leverage in their different legal problems.
Something like: "Your honor, Microsoft has donated X thousand dollars to the Mozilla Foundation! How can we be accused of anti-competitive behaviour after such a generous gesture?".
Such a donation would greatly help both Microsoft (see argument above +use of a superior technology) and the Mozilla Foundation... heck, it may even alllow it to accelerate the pace of the Firefox development.
But, alas, this is certainly not going to happen, since Microsoft knows that Mozilla means, in the end, independence from Windows, its APIs, and assorted Microsoft Cash cows, such as Office.
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Well, many people have said it before, but you have all my wishes for a quick & complete recovery, Patrick.
If there is anything I (and many other Slackware users in France) can do, please let us know.
I know that you don't need money right now but, especially if you have to go to a hospital for a long treatment, having a support fund could be helpful... And I know that I, and many others, would be very happy to contribute.
Jan, 25th 2005:
The FCC announces that all computer equipment sold in the USA must now incorporate CCC (Complete Control over Content) technology.
CCC is, by the most incredible coincidence, almost equivalent to Microsoft/Intel Palladium specifications.
Early Feb. 2005:
Dell, IBM, HPaq and most other computer manufacturers quickly announce their support for the initative and the tech industry goes into an orgy of upgrading. All machines not incorporating CCC are then outlawed and/or barred from connecting to the Internet.
Dec. 2005:
FCC, in its capacity as Internet regulators, introduces the "Great Homeland Firewall", which bars USA citizens from connecting to foreign sites deeemed dangerous and/or terrorist. Some people note that Democratic blogs also appear to be rejected by the FCC Firewall.
Liberal cries about "freedom of the press" and "right of information" are promptly dismissed by Fox News and Republican lawmakers as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic".
In 2008, after successfully repelling the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, President George W Bush is triumphantly re-elected as President for a 3rd term.
Test driving 5 search engines
BBC conclusion is that Google is still the search king, but others (Yahoo, Ask Jeeves) also offer interesting search results.
There are no votes in Leipzig
And most expats will vote for John Kerry anyway
time warp back 10 to 20 years and make do without information networks
He, sorry bub, but Fidonet was created 20 years ago, in 1984, and it quickly became a worldwide information network (1985).
I think Fidonet was (and still is) an information network, and not a bad one at that...
All in all, this is not a final decision, it's just a rumor . As long as Patrick Volkerding has not removed Gnome and annouced it either on the Slackware website or in the ChangeLog, I won't believe it...
And this was typed on a Slackware 10 machine running XFCE... Which, IMHO, is so much better than Gnome...
The Quantum Technologies Nomad Mentor. This should be able to help you...
Basically, Quantum Technology products are touch sensitive tablets that connect to a computer and allow a person with vision problems to scan a raised map or a document with braille information, press an area and obtain information.
It is (was) very innovative, in the sense that it provided up to three levels of information, a rather good speech synthesis, and the documents could be done quickly and cheaply, using the utilities provided with the Nomad.
Disclaimer: I worked as a volunteer a long time ago (1992-1993 -- more than 10 years ago!), to translate some of the software into european languages... their software probably has changed since then.
Hope this helps!
I read the title as "An interview with Linux's chief strategist". And I was like, who is that? Linus Torvalds? :-)
This is straight from the article:
Internet2 is fast -- Abilene, a U.S. cross-country backbone network, blasts data at 10Gbps. But transoceanic networking is another story. There are hardware and software issues to overcome, Gray said.
For example, one limiting factor is that the fastest available interface for PCs is the PCIX64 Bus Isolation Extender, which can only handle 7.5Gbps.
So... Let me get this straight... The problem these guys have is that they are using PC to connect to, and send data on, Internet2?
I remember a time when "serious" CS researchers would not touch a PC with a ten-feet pole. Times have changed, indeed.
All in all, I think this may be more of an annoyance than a real problem. But I'd be interested in the opinion of other
This may sound like a troll but if you spend most of your days writing I would seriously advise you to use an editor like emacs.
I already do: I have two gvim windows opened on my (Windows XP) desktop as I write this... =)
And, yes, I like vim better than I like Emacs. Sorry.
Which is why I'll probably end up taking the first advice in this thread and learn TeX (and LyX).
... is that Abiword is slow on my machine, which is reasonably powered (Pentium III 800MHz, 384MB of RAM).
I spend most of my days writing for a living, and I need something that is fast . One of the reasons WordPerfect 5.1 is still one of my favourite program of all time is its sheer speed.
Up until then, I used Ted, which is a very nice little program, but I am more and more annoyed by its shortcomings (no 'undo'? I mean, come on!).
Anyway... I recently upgraded my machine to Slackware 10, and I'll give Abiword another try.
Which is actually a good 'Ask Slashdot' question: what do you use for word processing and desktop publishing? Again, I need something fast and stable, with a reasonable feature set. Cute GUI and eye candy and even anti-aliased fonts are optional.
Official results of the 2004 presidential election, once all votes have been 'counted' by voting machines:
Since these numbers are within the margins of error, Bush is not going to need the Supreme Court this time.
It sounds like something from a Mastercard joke:
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
I think it was Ford, or another big car company, who sold a car called the 'nova' on the North and Latin American markets.
In English, 'nova' reffered to the exploding star, of course, not a very good name, but it still passed.
In Spanish, 'no va' actually means 'does not work' or 'does not move'.
The big company never understood why the car was not selling over in Latin America, until one spanish-speaking employee actually informed the top management.
The car name, unsurprisingly, has been changed.
Same reason why Nike does not sell a lot of shoes in Arabic-speaking countries. In English, 'Nike' refers to the Greek goddess of victory. In Arabic, 'Nike' (almost the same word) means f*king.
And I could go on... Don't you just love making fun of big multinational companies? =)
Ahhh! So you HAVE read the EULA!
;-)
Shoot, you understood the reference...
Sure.
;-)
And this should be written on all boxes of Windows:
Abandon all hope, ye who are about to open this.
WinXP SP2, anyone?
I stand corrected [RTFA and all that]... =)
(Thanks for the information)
There was also an interesting article in this summer 2600 magazine about magstrips. Some information and code were supplied...
Face it: TV is dead .
I don't watch TV much these days: mostly BBC World for news and a few cable channels that broacast things like "Six Feet Under" or documentaries. That's it. It's probably a couple of hours a week, tops.
Most of the news and entertainment that I like, I obtain through the Internet, and it's been like that for several years.
So, am I worried about media consolidation? No. Am I worried about Internet censorship and Internet Provider consolidation? Yes. Actually a lot more worried.
Another disinteresting story gets into slashdot.
;-)
Uuuh... sorry, but what part of "News for Nerds" don't you understand.
This is said firmly tongue-in-cheek, of course...
Consider this:
Conclusion? Microsoft is aping Apple. Again. And, again, they will probably make a very inferior imitation of the original thing.
And, again, they will probably market it to death and succeed, making piles and piles of cash in the meantime. Nothing new under the sun. *sigh*
There is only one other project like this that I have heard of. It's in France, and its the Usine de la Rance.
The Usine Maremotice de la Rance is based on the French equivalent of the St Lawrence Bay. This is a place where the tide amplitude is one of the highest in the world.
At low tide, the sea truly is miles away from the shore. I have been there, and it's amazing how far away the ocean can go... and how fast it can come back. Saint Malo, the nearest city, was actually (a few centuries ago) an island at high tide, and people had to wait for the low tides to cross over the sand to the city.
The 'Usine' itself has been pretty successful, and provides 'clean', tide-based electricity to Saint Malo and other cities, but its ecological impact has been underestimated: the Rance, which used to be a clean river is now severely clogged with mud and silt that are not evacuated by the tide, to the detriment of wildlife. Many bird and fish species have left the river for others or have died off completely.
I hope the company that will build the New York project has taken this data into account for its project (which seems to be the case).
My reaction to your post:
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!
Would you like a more detailed answer? Here we go:
Yesterday was the time trials, and the US Postal team finished first with an average speed of 33 MPH, 53 KPH. That's amazing... and they'll keep doing it
Question: have you ever heard of the doping practices in the cycling world? Hint: they are all on drugs.
At least the tour isn't fake, and everyone is at the same level, going for the same goal.
The 'Tour' isn't fake. Riiiiiiiiight. I suppose you also believe that WWF fights aren't staged?
And, oh, the fact that Lance Armstrong had testicular cancer has nothing to do with doping, EPO, and some other nasty drugs, right? Or has this little, er... 'doping possibility' been unreported by US Media, like many other things?
Jeopardy may, or may not, be fake. I don't care one way or another, as I hate stupid TV games.
But to call the 'Tour de France' not fake is so wrong it's not even funny anymore.
It's a 5.1MB Microsoft Word file.
Oh the horror... The horror...
Please, Mr Matt Basham, release this as a PDF, RTF or HTML file... Anything but Word. I ma willing to help if needed.
if microsoft is TRULY interested in improving the security of their OS (as they say they are), then they will infact look into other options...
Well, yes, they could do that.
In fact, it would be a great idea for Microsoft: actively supporting The Mozilla Foundation would give them some fantastic leverage in their different legal problems.
Something like: "Your honor, Microsoft has donated X thousand dollars to the Mozilla Foundation! How can we be accused of anti-competitive behaviour after such a generous gesture?".
Such a donation would greatly help both Microsoft (see argument above +use of a superior technology) and the Mozilla Foundation... heck, it may even alllow it to accelerate the pace of the Firefox development.
But, alas, this is certainly not going to happen, since Microsoft knows that Mozilla means, in the end, independence from Windows, its APIs, and assorted Microsoft Cash cows, such as Office.
Case in point: this previous article on Slashdot.